Online forums such as PPRUNE, to the Transportation Safety Board (TSB)/National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB/Skybrary) among others, are invaluable. There are many sources of information that can help in enhancing your personal knowledge base. This season, commit to a proactive stance to be a conscious professional, not in desire but also “by deed.”ģ.
#Imsafe checklist for aviation professional
“If we do not choose to make the pursuit of professionalism separate from the frequency of unprofessionalism, we unwittingly commit to a reactive process driven by the behaviours or our least professional cadre,” he notes. He also writes about the need for ever vigilance. Tony Kern, the CEO of Convergent Performance and a renowned aviation expert, talks and writes extensively about the ethos of a professional pilot the qualities needed to be safe. Are you a professional? Do you think you are a good decision maker? What tools do you have or has your company developed to aid you in making the best decision, every time, with the information you have available? Is your pilot decision-making (PDM) or crew resources management (CRM) training adequate? Have you properly reviewed your company documents, manuals, SOPs, before arriving for annual training? Doing this type of review will help your mindset and make you more aware, and a better, more professional aviator. And if you see your work mate is fatigued or working while ill – don’t let them put themselves in harm’s way, either.Ģ. Challenge your coworkers to consider its use. And what will the ramifications be following that gross error in judgment? How will the aviation industry and government accurately evaluate fit-for-duty measures for airlines and potentially other operators? This mnemonic can’t exist in a bubble. Just imagine if the pilot who was arrested on-board the Sunwing aircraft earlier this year after being inebriated in the cockpit had had a habit of checking his personal IMSAFE checklist before he went to work that day? It surely wouldn’t have played out the way it did. It’s easy to slip in these areas of personal care, especially when the forests start burning and the blades start turning.
Are you fit for duty? The IMSAFE (illness, medications, stress, alcohol, fatigue and eating) mnemonic can be used as a daily reminder to check in with yourself every day you go flying. Hopefully this insight and advice helps all of us approach the busier flying season of 2017 with a new perspective and approach to operations with tools that will keep us safe.ġ.
0 kommentar(er)
